About Me

I traveled to over 50 countries and I lived to eat. My quest was to find the best restaurants in each country and the best gourmet coffee. I became a world cuisine cooking teacher and spent years perfecting ethnic recipes. In August 2006 I could hardly walk and ended up in the hospital for 6 weeks. This greatly impacted my "Live to Eat" crusade and transformed my motto into "Eat To Live Well". Thus a new quest was born, How to make the food taste great without cooking it. I took several raw food classes and religiously attended raw food potucks to practice raw food preparation and get new recipes. Getting steroid induced diabetes made it essential to eat foods that could reverse the diabetes and help me heal. I now look at food for what it can do for me; will it give me energy or leave me tired, can it take away inflammation or improve my clarity, vision, and prevent diabetes? I learned so much about causes of illness and disease, what supplements to take, how to balance your ph, triggers of auto-immune, and essential vitamin and mineral supplements, as well as lifestyle changes to get healthy.

Pineapple
is the only fruit which contains bromelain
I put pineapple in a variety of salads, I make pina colada smoothies often, and I also eat it by itself.

Blueberries
I add them to my morning fruit smoothies

Papaya
Enhances any fresh fruit salad

Kelp
Sprinkle some in your miso soup or on a salad daily. You can also buy kelp noodles and add them into a variety of salads

Chia seeds
are another great anti-inflammatory additive you have to work into your recipes. Cleveland Clinic has a recipe for vegetable and chia chili.- add 2 tablespoons per pot. I like chia seeds in raw strawberry or chocolate pudding.

Shitake mushrooms -
great on top of homemade pizza - in miso soup - sauces -

broccoli -
can be eaten alone or used in a variety of salads or casseroles. Steaming broccoli is best to avoid cooking out all the enzymes and vitamins. Raw would be best

Sweet Potatoes -
I love sweet potato casserole. But to optimize the benefits, sweet potato can also be eaten raw in a variety of salads.

Wild caught salmon
Eat only wild caught

Green Tea -
At least one cup per day

Just as important as eating foods that are anti-inflammatory is avoiding foods that cause inflammation.

Every food you eat will have a reaction in your body. It will either lift you up or bring you down, keep you your ideal weight or make you gain weight. Food can give you energy or take it away, make you bloated, puffy, or even flatten your stomach, make you sweat, give you mucus, or even boost your immune system.